tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post4063434598955218327..comments2023-11-02T08:55:35.510-07:00Comments on Market Design: Horse meat in the U.S.Al Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02232854038397912604noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post-2661727162664585422011-10-25T19:04:49.080-07:002011-10-25T19:04:49.080-07:00NO!! We don't need horse slaughter to come bac...NO!! We don't need horse slaughter to come back nor do we need horse meat to be sold in the US. <br /> <br />You have not done your homework on this one. Horse slaughter, NOT horse processing, was not and cannot be made humane. There is not enough money in it to make it profitable if were made humane. At the Horse Summit in January the attendees there said they would never pay to make it humane. There is your answer to how this industry thinks. And of the 60 employees at the Cavel plant in Illinois only 10 were US citizens and they were low wage jobs. You are dreaming if you think this is such a good way to bring back jobs. <br /><br />And US horses are given drugs that say right on the label not for food animals so most US horses cannot be used for human consumption. In 2013 the European Union who buys horse meat now will no longer take US horses because we cannot verify the drugs given to our horses through their lives and that makes them ineligible to be slaughtered for human consumption by EU rules. We don't even feed our pet’s horse meat because many became sick from it. <br /><br />There is also the issue of pollution which the slaughter companies never even paid to clean up and they didn't even pay federal taxes. There is so much wrong with this industry that it is insane to think that this horrible cruel business should reopen in the US.LynnILhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707483799506489153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post-12613594777582164402011-10-25T16:34:07.671-07:002011-10-25T16:34:07.671-07:00We need to reopen US Horse Processing facilities w...We need to reopen US Horse Processing facilities where Federally and or State regulated horses can be processed humanely and professionally! We need the jbs, the equine industry needs a floor price for these horses, and we need to have horse meat available to US citizens. It is good, nutritious, and can be a darn good protein source. Why are we letting Canada and Mexico process our horses when we can do it here and the owners can get a fair price for them?broncriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17864465387414035430noreply@blogger.com